Cigar-holder.



A. A. MATHISON.

GIGAH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I9, I9I7.

l. Patented Oct. 1, 1918.

INVENTOFI ATTOR N EY ANDREW ALOIS MATHISON, 0F VONTRESS, TEXAS.

CIGAR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente ct. 1, 1918.

Application led March 19, 1917.` Serial No. 155,815.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW A. MATHI- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vontress, in the county of Haskell and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved cigar holder and the principal object of the invention is to provide a cigar holder having improved cigar clutching means Whereby the cigar may be prevented from slipping out of the holder when the inner end portion of the cigar becomes moist.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the clutching attachment of the cigar holder that the cigar does not need to have any special shape or thickness for the clutches to operate properly.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the clutches that they may be easily made and put in place.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing a cigar placed into a holder provided with the improved clutches.

g Fig. 2 is a view showing the cigar holder in longitudinal section and a cigar in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a View in end elevation of the improved holder.

The cigar holder 10 is provided with the cigar receiving socket 11 which communicates with the smoke passage 12 extending through the grip 13 of the holder. The cigar 14 is inserted in the holder and will be engaged by the clutches 15 and 16. These clutches 15 and 16 are formed of strips of resilient material and are secured in the cigar holder, the free end portions of the clutch 15 being bent to extend back toward the holder and the free end portions of the clutch 16 being bent to extend into the holder and preferably beyond the inner end of the strips. In order to insert the cigar it is necessary to hold the holder in one hand and with two fingers spread the clutches, so that the cigar can be thrust into the holder. The clutches will then be released and will tightly engage the cigar, one holder engaging the inner portion of the cigar and the second clutch engaging the outer portion and together with the first clutch tightly gripping the cigar. It should be further noted that this outer clutch will have a tendency to force the cigar inwardly thus providing additional means for holding the cigar in the holder. As these clutches are formed from strips of resilient material, it will be obvious that they can either be put in place when the cigar holders are made or they may be added to holders already in use.

What is claimed is z- 1. A cigar holder, and clutches carried by the cigar holder and formed of strips of resilient material, one strip being secured in the holder and having its free end portion bent to extend back into the holder and the second clutch being formed of a strip of resilient material with one end secured within the holder and its free end portion extending out of the holder and bent to extend back toward the holder.

2. A cigar holder, and clutches formed of resilient material secured to the holder and having their free end portions bent back with the free end portion of one clutch extending into the holder and the free end portion of the second clutch terminating short of the holder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW ALOIS MATHISON.

Witnesses:

H. M. COLEMAN, C. W. FORBES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

